Styling for less: After 5pm office look

30 Mar 2016

I was cleaning out my wardrobe the other week (once again). I noticed how much 'office-looking-stuff' I had, probably due to working at David Jones for a year before I began my teaching career. Of course working at David Jones meant that you would have to wear black, everyday. Not that it was any different from what I wore out of work anyway (haha). Anyway, I was in the mood to mix and match some old and new garments and ended up creating one of my favourite ensembles for a casual night out. I paired up my high-waist wide leg pants I bought from ValleyGirl about 2 years ago with a black bandeau from Boohoo, and my Glassons sleeveless jacket. Oh the fun in recycling clothes!!
Being quite short, I rolled up my pants into three quarters to elongate my legs and balance the look since I was wearing a long heavy vest. Love the nude detail on my pants!! Hence why I haven't thrown these babies away yet. Detail is everything when it comes to very simple, one coloured outfits - I think anyway. To top it off, I wore black tassel earrings from Lovisa and some tan block heels from Famous footwear. Now you could pull off any coloured heel for a one-coloured look. But, the more contrasting it gets, the more of a statement piece it becomes. This applies for your handbags, scarves, outerwear etc. So for example, I could wear emerald green heels with an all black outfit, but I would then make sure my accessories are simple and somewhat discreet. Otherwise, It'll all just look toooo much....but hey, just experiment and have fun with it! Here's some inspo below!